Although Wu Mingche's words were polite, he was clearly telling Chen Xu that he was really old. Fortunately, his back sore was cured this time. Who knows what will happen next time. So if you really have any orders, you should still
Please be wise.
Of course, Wu Mingche still wanted to test Chen Xu. If he could get Chen Xu to speak early, at least Wu Mingche would have enough time to calculate and think on the way from the gate to the assembly hall.
"Sikong is too modest, too modest!" Chen Xu said with a smile, seemingly unaware of Wu Mingche's slightly probing and expressing his attitude.
Wu Mingche frowned, but in the end he didn't say much and just led the way.
Chen Xu looked at the layout of the Wu family's mansion with great interest, as if he really just came to visit Wu Mingche this time.
As soon as he led Chen Xu into the lobby, Wu Mingche said straight to the point: "Your Majesty is busy with many things, and this time he must have something to do. Please don't hide it. As long as I can help, I will do my best."
"The one who knows me is Sikong!" Chen Xu couldn't help but laughed, "He's so straight to the point. Sikong is still the invincible general on the battlefield back then!"
Chen Xu's words were a little strange, which made Wu Mingche's face change slightly. Since Wu Mingche returned from Luliang with his army last time, he had made it clear that he wanted to disband and return to the fields, but Chen Xu did not agree and asked him to continue.
As Sikong, he was actually in charge of the entire military affairs of Nanchen.
After all, there are only two remaining veterans in the entire government and the public, Wu Mingche and Chun Yuliang. Qualified veterans such as Huang Fazhu and Xu Du have passed away, but the next generation of Xiao Mohe and others still need to be trained, so Chen Xu
I have to use Wu Mingche.
Precisely because he understood that His Majesty just needed someone to calm things down, Wu Mingche did not refuse Chen Xu's request at that time. If he had just resigned, it would have seemed a bit disrespectful.
Wu Mingche is not the kind of person who has an upright personality and will never look back after deciding something, so this kind of compromise is within his acceptable range.
But after hearing what Chen Xu said today, Wu Mingche had a bad feeling.
This Majesty really "comes here for something"!
"Sikong must have also seen General Zhongwu's memorial. What does Sikong think should be done?" Chen Xu said calmly as he sat down on the main seat.
Wu Mingche, who was ordering his servants to serve tea, was startled for a moment. As Sikong of Nanchen, he was in charge of all affairs. Of course he had read Fan Meng's memorial. There was no need to pretend to be stupid at this time. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Zhongli."
It is an important node for our army in Huainan. If Zhongli is lost, the Northern Zhou barbarians can attack Liang County to the west and North Xuzhou to the east, but Huainan cannot be defended!"
"So, do you think Sikong can agree to Fan Meng's invitation?" Chen Xu picked up the tea cup calmly and gently stirred the tea leaves on the water with the cup lid, but he was not in a hurry to drink it. It seemed that Wu Mingche didn't answer.
, he will wait like this.
"However, the possibility of the Northern Zhou barbarians attacking Zhongli at this time is very slim." Wu Mingche also realized something and said after careful consideration. There are some words that cannot be said from his mouth, otherwise it will lead to disaster, so it is best to induce Chen Xu to come.
Said, "General Fan went to the court with a memorial at this time. Although it can be seen that he was careful to guard against the barbarians of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was still a bit of a fuss."
Chen Xu nodded slightly and took a sip of tea: "So what Sikong means is that you don't have to agree?"
Wu Mingche frowned. This is not what I meant. If your Majesty understands it this way, then Fan Meng will become resentful in the future, and he will be blamed for it. At that moment, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is worried that the Huainan defense line is too long.
, General Fan has no time to take care of a whole line of defense?"
Unexpectedly, Wu Mingche not only refused to answer, but also asked back so quickly. This time, Chen Xu was startled. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded in confirmation. For what reason, Chen Xu didn't need to really say it. With Wu Mingche's
With a level of shrewdness, Wu Mingche would definitely be able to figure out that what Wu Mingche said was just to give Chen Xu a suitable excuse and step.
Now that the matter has come to this, Chen Xu naturally has no need to continue to beat around the bush with Wu Mingche. Wu Mingche just doesn't want to bear the responsibility of "mouthing trouble", so Chen Xu simply agrees with him: "The Huainan defense line is longer, Sikong is better than me.
Clearly, I feel that Fan Meng alone may not be able to take care of the entire defense line, so I don’t know if Sikong has a suitable candidate who may be able to take on the defense of the entire Huainan with General Fan.”
After a pause, Chen Xu put down his tea cup and looked at Wu Mingche sincerely: "I came here just to ask for advice. Please give me some advice!"
Wu Mingche narrowed his eyes slightly, and what was supposed to come finally came. Chen Xu didn't want Fan Meng to take command of the entire Huainan, so he naturally had to send someone to get a share of the pie. But there are many generals in Nanchen now, but besides
Except for a few old people like Wu Mingche who stayed in the court, the rest followed the army in the westward expedition. Even another veteran general Chun Yuliang went to Xiangzhou to take charge.
Therefore, there are very few generals available in the court now.
It’s no wonder that Chen Xu came to visit. This was clearly because he wanted to invite him to go out and take control of Huainan. After all, although Wu Mingche was old, he was the number one person in Nanchen’s army and the one who single-handedly captured Huainan. Therefore, there was probably no one in Nanchen who could compete with him.
Huainan knows better and his prestige among the Huainan army is higher.
More importantly, I am afraid that only when Wu Mingche is in charge of Zhongli, Fan Meng will not dare to say anything. After all, compared to Wu Mingche, he, Fan Meng, is still a little inferior.
Wu Mingche coughed lightly. To be honest, Wu Mingche really didn't want to go to Huainan anymore. After all, he was now a dying old man. The old diseases, big and small, that he had suffered from fighting in the battlefield when he was young would come out to torture him from time to time. For the battlefield
Wu Mingche was actually a little tired of fighting before the Battle of Luliang, but because of Chen Xu's urging, he had to lead his army to fight.
This time everyone had returned to Jiankang Mansion, and Wu Mingche certainly did not continue to Huainan to compete with Wang Gui for another battle of wits and courage.
After running around all my life, now that I am old, I finally have to take a breather.
"Your Majesty is here to ask someone. In my mind, there is indeed one person who can support the overall situation of Huainan," Wu Mingche said after considering it, "I wonder if your Majesty would like to know?"
"Oh? Let's hear it." Chen Xu didn't wait for Wu Mingche to take the initiative, and he was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Wu Mingche had already returned home this time, and it would not be that easy to let him go on an expedition. If Wu Mingche really had
If you are a good candidate, you might as well give it a try.
After all, now that Nanchen generals are in their prime, it would not be a bad thing to be able to discover a few outstanding generals.